Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference

Title

Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference

Subject

Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945 -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Japanese Americans -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Juvenile literature. World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- United States -- Juvenile literature. Japanese American children -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature. Breed, Clara E. -- (Clara Estelle), -- 1906-1994 -- Correspondence -- Juvenile literature.

Description

Provides the story of life in a Japanese internment camp during World War II through the correspondence of the children in the camp to their librarian, Miss Clara Breed, who worked on their behalf to show the injustice of their imprisonment.

Creator

Oppenheim, Joanne

Publisher

Scholastic Inc.

Date

2006

Type

D769.8 .A6 O67

Identifier

2003.500.1502

Collection